I've had a copy of this book for about a year. As a newcomer to the OTR hobby, I find it very helpful in determining whether a particular show will be of interest to me.

There are over 1500 shows listed, and each listing contains information such as length of run, actors, directors, sponsors, and a synopsis. Most listings contain a narrative history of the show. The more popular and long-running the program, the longer the listing. For example, the Jack Benny Show has seven and a half pages of content, whereas Box 13 has about half a column (one-quarter of a page.)

There is a very comprehensive index--useful for looking up names of actors and directors as well as shows. There are no pictures. While the book is a little pricey, there are over 800 pages of content and it is very well written.

I've had a copy of this book for about a year. As a newcomer to the OTR hobby, I find it very helpful in determining whether a particular show will be of interest to me.

There are over 1500 shows listed, and each listing contains information such as length of run, actors, directors, sponsors, and a synopsis. Most listings contain a narrative history of the show. The more popular and long-running the program, the longer the listing. For example, the Jack Benny Show has seven and a half pages of content, whereas Box 13 has about half a column (one-quarter of a page.)

There is a very comprehensive index--useful for looking up names of actors and directors as well as shows. There are no pictures. While the book is a little pricey, there are over 800 pages of content and it is very well written.

I agree with revlarry. It's a very useful guide to OTR data. I used it when working out some of the stuff for some spreadsheets that I submitted to the group a while back. What show started on what station and so on. I don't think there is a better book on the subject (I haven't heard of one anyway). Can't remember what my copy cost me on amazon though it was worth every penny whatever it finally cost me with s/h included.

It does not cover local, Canadian, Australian, British or South African Shows.

Probably not. I think it just covers what was going out over the air waves here in the U.S. when radio was king. And I understand that while radio shifted to music and news only for the most part here after the 50's other parts of the world continued to air programs so to catalog all that in one volume would probably be impossible.